Update: Candidate’s campaign manager says candidate visited barracks in official capacity, but during a recent VPR debate, candidate said he swung by VSP barracks "as part of a 26.2-hour campaign tour."
Democratic Party Issues Press Release Saying That Barracks Stop Is Listed On Brian Dubie’s Schedule As A Campaign Stop!
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Some VSEA members seek clarification on candidate’s plan to save $40 million through DOC savings.
The wage gap becomes more significant at higher-paid professional levels. The lowest paid government workers do earn slightly more than their private counterparts (in other words, the state tends to pay its lowest-wage workers better than, for example, Wal-Mart does), but for engineers, professors, and the like, the wage penalty for working for a "New England state or local governments rises to almost 13%. These wage differences are also found across workers with different levels of education: high school graduates in the state and local sector in New England, for example, have a small wage premium (less than 2%) relative to the private sector, while those with bachelor’s degrees experience a wage penalty of 7%."
At a press conference at VSEA HQ today, the union announced its support for Peter Shumlin for Governor!
"But even if it works flawlessly – and as of July, where nearly $10 million of savings is coming from had not yet been identified – there will remain a roughly $112 million gap between expected revenues and expenses in the state’s main General Fund."
Uh Oh!